Track-fastening.



UNITED STATES Patented october 2o, 190e.

LUKE SWEENEY, OF TERRF HAUTE, INDIANA.

TRACK-FASTENING.;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,943, dated October 20," 1903.

Application filed Angust 6, 1903.

To all whom it 'may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUKE SWEENEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Track-Fastenings; and I do hereby declare the following to be'a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to track-fastenings for railroads; and it consists in the novel constructibn and combination of the parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an end View of the track-fastening, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same." Fig. 3 is an end view showing a modification of the trackfastening.

A is a railroad-rail of any approved construction or cross-section.

B represents the joint-plates of the rail, which also may be of any approved construction, but which are preferably angle-shaped in cross-section.

C is a tie, which extends crosswise under the rails.

D represents chair-plates provided with longitudinal ribs ol on their upper sides and bosses d', having holes e.

E represents screws having projections f on one side of their upper end portions and square portions f at each end for engaging with a Wrench. The chair plates are arranged under the rail with the ribs d against the edges of the joint-plates, and the screws are screwed into the tie until the projections Serial No. 168.434. (No model.)

means for removing the lower part of the screw by means of a wrench should it become broken od below the projection.

In the,I modification shown in Fig. 3 the joint-plates are dispensed with and a single chair-plate is used. This chair-plate D' cxtends under the rail, so that two screws are passed through holes in it. In the form ot the device shown in Figs. l and 2 two chairplates are used, and each chair-plate projects part way under the rail.

l. In a track-fastening, the combination, with a chair-plate, and a tie; of a screw which engages with the said tie and which has a projecting lower end which engages with the ground below the tie, and a projection on the upper part of the said screw for holding the rail in position.

2. In a track-fastening, the combination, with a tie, and a chair-plate provided with a longitudinal rib, a boss and a hole through the boss; of a screw which engages with the said tie and which has a projecting lower end which-en gages with the ground below the tie, said screw being passed thro ugh the said hole in the chair-plate and providedwith a projection on its upper part for holding the rail in place. l

3. In a track-fastening, the combination, with a tie, a rail, and two angle-shaped jointplates; of two chair-plates each extending part way under the rail and provided with ribs which bear against the joint-plates, and screws which pass through holes in the said chair-plates and engage with the said tie, said vscrews being provided with projections which engage with the said joint-plates.

In testimony whereof I atx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUKE SWEENEY.

Witnesses:

MARY SWEENEY, Mrs. DARE. 

